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with florida his electoral vote victory is 332-206. bush was 51-48 margin in 2004 india 286 votes and obama was slightly less it appears against 332. i think there is a certain structure of demographic advantage for democrats in the electoral college in this era. democratic voters tend to be clustered into large metropolitan areas and in particular neighborhoods and they give them a craft an initial advantage in the electoral college. president obama got 57% or more of the popular vote in 11 states and the district of columbia and they have 163 electoral votes. romney won 13 states by such margins but they only have 104 electoral votes of basically the democrats have a bigger hunting ground and and a larger base in the electoral college and the mere hunting ground to go find those votes and barack obama into campaigns has been successful with 365 and apparently 332 this time in 303 if he doesn't carry florida. this election cycle has been compared by many people to 2004, the election and re-election of an adnan, and by mobilizing suppo
with florida his electoral vote victory is 332-206. bush was 51-48 margin in 2004 india 286 votes and obama was slightly less it appears against 332. i think there is a certain structure of demographic advantage for democrats in the electoral college in this era. democratic voters tend to be clustered into large metropolitan areas and in particular neighborhoods and they give them a craft an initial advantage in the electoral college. president obama got 57% or more of the popular vote in 11...
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even in florida was 61-39. cuban-americans are no longer the majority in florida among latinos but also the younger generation of cuban-americans voting like puerto rican or dominicans, not voting like they anti-castro parents and grandparents. asian-americans was the biggest shift, 75-25 for obama and i remember covering the 2000 race, gore bush. i think loesh actually want the american vote -- asian-american vote. the asian-american vote was a swing vote leaning republican and yesterday it was 3-1 democratic. urban rural, they are mirror images and it's roughly 60-40 and demographically the urban areas or rural a marriott. if you want to bet on rural population going ahead. young and old. again, the youngest voters are the most pro-obama although i will say that the 18 to 21 voters are less pro-obama or were less pro-obama than the people slightly older than they are, the 21 to 30 but still, which would you rather have, young voters who are going to be voters for 60 or 70 years or people who were 21 when rona
even in florida was 61-39. cuban-americans are no longer the majority in florida among latinos but also the younger generation of cuban-americans voting like puerto rican or dominicans, not voting like they anti-castro parents and grandparents. asian-americans was the biggest shift, 75-25 for obama and i remember covering the 2000 race, gore bush. i think loesh actually want the american vote -- asian-american vote. the asian-american vote was a swing vote leaning republican and yesterday it...
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and i went to the florida house and made a speech about how we have already used this credit card and we had to, you know, come to terms with the debt ceiling increase. and i voted for every debt ceiling increase from then on. >> democrat or republican. >> i don't like it, and it is a way to get some leverage. but the problem is not the debt ceiling increase, it was taking action so you don't have to have an increased. >> absolutely. >> very good, very helpful, a good history lesson there. let me do some housekeeping. when we finished tonight, we are going right outside the store for cocktails, chocolates, and cheese. tomorrow morning, breakfast is probably at 7:00 a.m. the program begins at 745. so you need to be in this room at 745 tomorrow morning. most important times tomorrow, if you're thinking about your schedule. another we lose some of you occasionally during the day, the task force starts at 10:15 a.m. we need everyone in this task forces because that's where the core work of the council is done. the final vote, the final vote of the work of those happens from 3:00 o'clock t
and i went to the florida house and made a speech about how we have already used this credit card and we had to, you know, come to terms with the debt ceiling increase. and i voted for every debt ceiling increase from then on. >> democrat or republican. >> i don't like it, and it is a way to get some leverage. but the problem is not the debt ceiling increase, it was taking action so you don't have to have an increased. >> absolutely. >> very good, very helpful, a good...
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if you look at just the turnout issue, they can explain the results in ohio and florida. and perhaps virginia. it was a close election. but the reality is that, you know, the party gets that gets less than 30% of the hispanic vote and less than 40% of the vote of those people who are coming up through the system, that the party that needs to adjust. and i have talked about some of that today. some of this policy, a lot of the tone and taking our strengths, and taking our growth and opportunity and translating that in a way that people understand and appreciate. you are looking at a 50% unemployment rate of matching your degree to the job that you want. you'd think the deficit would be an issue. those issues are ones that we are not able to communicate in a way that was effective, clearly, to when the majority of the vote. some of these social issues are also very important to that generation. we look at those issues differently than those of our generation. >> it is a different attitude. i think you have to acknowledge that and deal with it? does the president have a mand
if you look at just the turnout issue, they can explain the results in ohio and florida. and perhaps virginia. it was a close election. but the reality is that, you know, the party gets that gets less than 30% of the hispanic vote and less than 40% of the vote of those people who are coming up through the system, that the party that needs to adjust. and i have talked about some of that today. some of this policy, a lot of the tone and taking our strengths, and taking our growth and opportunity...
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we got a letter from a high school student in florida who said here's what she does to complete your assignment that would require internet access. she drives to her local library at night after it is closed, and sits in the parking lot where she can get wi-fi hookup. but that's not a good answer the digital divide is a good issue and smart government action can help drive universal access. this is what drove the fcc last year to adopt a once in a generation comprehensive overhaul of the $4.5 billion a year universal service fund. we transformed it from a telephone focused program and one at that, too inefficient program focus on universal broadband. so these pillars and priorities not only guide our policy work in the united states. they guide our international engagement in the i.t. sector. and they have in the past, historically. in ways that it had a profound affect. to explain how, let me take a detour into the arab spring. in egypt last year, when they can shut down the internet, shutdown global service, many asked how are they able to do that. what does it mean they can do tha
we got a letter from a high school student in florida who said here's what she does to complete your assignment that would require internet access. she drives to her local library at night after it is closed, and sits in the parking lot where she can get wi-fi hookup. but that's not a good answer the digital divide is a good issue and smart government action can help drive universal access. this is what drove the fcc last year to adopt a once in a generation comprehensive overhaul of the $4.5...
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it did provide a sufficient votes for democrats in florida, virginia, and ohio. so, you know, the signs were they did pretty well if not as well as twaict and then did well enough. >> just on the one brief comment on the early voting karl rove whose analysis was not distinguished this time either. [laughter] also i've got kind bemewsessed when he said the early voting isn't going to work. they have a massive effort to get the early votes in part of ohio where there's been the war on coal and those republicans who are going to come forward. i thought what he's saying is axelrod are more ons. he's getting anybody who says they were a democrat out to the polls. they really targeting individuals in an extraordinarily successful way. you don't need to look at the overnumber numbers. it's who they were turning out. they did it in a fashion that would be enhanced in the future in part because of efforts to block votes on election day, to clog up the lines at the polls, and the kinds of things we saw in florida especially. those voting wars are going to be accelerated as
it did provide a sufficient votes for democrats in florida, virginia, and ohio. so, you know, the signs were they did pretty well if not as well as twaict and then did well enough. >> just on the one brief comment on the early voting karl rove whose analysis was not distinguished this time either. [laughter] also i've got kind bemewsessed when he said the early voting isn't going to work. they have a massive effort to get the early votes in part of ohio where there's been the war on coal...
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florida is next up and this is robert, republican caller. go ahead. >> caller: i think nancy pelosi will make a good leader, issued and contacted on not getting the gavel and putting the two parties together, the democratic party and the republican party. but also on the fiscal cliff, i think the whole program, get back in there, what the party calls this problem and work together, the democratic and republican party work together to solve the problem. >> host: robert kahn you think there is a role for former president george w. bush in this? thank you yes, [inaudible] drama thanks for your calls. a couple more tweets before you wrap a. it's a day full of leadership election it is one going on in the senate side, "national journal" tweeting that john cornyn has been elected senate minority whip. also some reporting from capitol hill about the benghazi situation. roll call says senator feinstein has confirmed to me that petraeus would be discussing benghazi with the senate intelligence community. she didn't specify when that would be. we do k
florida is next up and this is robert, republican caller. go ahead. >> caller: i think nancy pelosi will make a good leader, issued and contacted on not getting the gavel and putting the two parties together, the democratic party and the republican party. but also on the fiscal cliff, i think the whole program, get back in there, what the party calls this problem and work together, the democratic and republican party work together to solve the problem. >> host: robert kahn you think...
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osceola county, florida for example and i know you are very familiar in the orlando area but it's kind of the poster child for places where republicans were just not anticipating this huge new latino routine population would vote and that latino population had a very big down ballett affect as well. democrats one house races in places like a roar of illinois and places like san antonio's texas and even miami-dade. one of the most surprising results out of florida to me the reason obama was able to head off the floor of is the non-cubic hispanics in miami-dade and obama have a higher share of the vote in miami than in 2008 for the rest of the state particularly in the panhandle was going the opposite direction away from the president so very surprising. >> among the people we were talking to about as well as you could have and mitt romney won 59% of white voters even more than ronald reagan in 1980. he did better among the college whites than i expected as i said the college whites share for obama have gone with this conversion of starting around 2000. they are now among them on college
osceola county, florida for example and i know you are very familiar in the orlando area but it's kind of the poster child for places where republicans were just not anticipating this huge new latino routine population would vote and that latino population had a very big down ballett affect as well. democrats one house races in places like a roar of illinois and places like san antonio's texas and even miami-dade. one of the most surprising results out of florida to me the reason obama was able...
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so to my good friends from the fine states like north carolina, virginia, new york, pennsylvania, florida, indiana, georgia, massachusetts, and south carolina, i say look out. i've been pleased to get to know tom well over the years as well as his wife, terry lynn, and their wonderful family. i don't think i've ever met anybody who has done a better job building an enterprise than he has. given what he had when he came to the university in 1997, and then look at it today. he's built an athletic department that boasts a budget in the top 20 in the country, championship football and basketball teams, record-setting men's and women's basketball attendance at our new downtown arena, and enormous success for all the other school sports that may not get as much attention but are just as vital to the students and the community in louisville. and he's done all this while increasing academic success for student athletes. are a word 21 of 23 cardinal athletic teams protkaougsing a 3 -- producing a 3.0 or higher grade point average in the most recently completed semester. it's a truly extraordinary
so to my good friends from the fine states like north carolina, virginia, new york, pennsylvania, florida, indiana, georgia, massachusetts, and south carolina, i say look out. i've been pleased to get to know tom well over the years as well as his wife, terry lynn, and their wonderful family. i don't think i've ever met anybody who has done a better job building an enterprise than he has. given what he had when he came to the university in 1997, and then look at it today. he's built an athletic...
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i understand in florida my mother did vote early. the penalties, did any of these have an impact on the election either on the outcome or lengthening the lines of the polls. maybe about a week and a half ago reminding people that a lot of the voter i.d. laws at pastore predators >> restrictive by a lot of the republican legislators in particular were either suspended or postponed before this election. now these are all issues that a lot of lawyers are evaluating now how can you curve this or what type of consequences will be had leader but it ended up not being that big of a factor. what is interesting about fraud and this becomes a partisan issue and if the election result is and that you never hear about it again for the next two years at least. and finding examples of it is something that both parties are trying to do not just for fraud or abuse or any sort of a voter intimidation because then that we can actually hang it on the narrative and you are not seeing that happen. i think it definitely contributed because people just wan
i understand in florida my mother did vote early. the penalties, did any of these have an impact on the election either on the outcome or lengthening the lines of the polls. maybe about a week and a half ago reminding people that a lot of the voter i.d. laws at pastore predators >> restrictive by a lot of the republican legislators in particular were either suspended or postponed before this election. now these are all issues that a lot of lawyers are evaluating now how can you curve this...
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met in tallahassee, florida, honor democrats line. make sure you're turned on your television or your feedback on this, go ahead. transferred hello? >> host: you are on the air. go ahead. >> caller: i'm calling on the democratic line transport i will put you on hold. make sure you meet your television. to our republican line, sandy is next in new mexico. >> callerare you there? we will try paul and boulder city nevada back your democrats line. paul, hello? >> caller: thank you for c-span. watching the president's comments, he's not going to take a hardline on whether the attacks which are going to go back to the clinton era. i don't understand why this president is not, i mean, as before, i hope we're not seeing a repeat, you know, the progressives and liberals really push him over the line along with labor. you know, he's got to take a stronger stance because the republicans, mitch mcconnell and cantor and boehner, they are not, you know, really acknowledging that the people have sent the message to them. that they want this presiden
met in tallahassee, florida, honor democrats line. make sure you're turned on your television or your feedback on this, go ahead. transferred hello? >> host: you are on the air. go ahead. >> caller: i'm calling on the democratic line transport i will put you on hold. make sure you meet your television. to our republican line, sandy is next in new mexico. >> callerare you there? we will try paul and boulder city nevada back your democrats line. paul, hello? >> caller:...
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florida supreme court disagreed. there's a passage in the supreme court that says an officer bring it to the door can go to the door and drain off and talk but when the officer goes up with a narcotics dog that is a qualitatively different matter. >> maybe this is the same question justice alito asked earlier what people have different senses of smell. so what if there is a person that has the best sense of smell in the department and they say let's use him to go to them dhaka and talk when we suspected drugs that way he may discover the owner of marijuana when other people wouldn't. is it wrong for them to select the person with the best sense of smell to do that? >> that would lead more to the determination if there was a trespass because they selected the officer that had the best sense of smell to go up to that door. >> you said dhaka and talks are okay. >> they are okay but under your hypothetical what seems to mock and talk wasn't really but the officer was going up there for. >> keillor on a slippery slope wit
florida supreme court disagreed. there's a passage in the supreme court that says an officer bring it to the door can go to the door and drain off and talk but when the officer goes up with a narcotics dog that is a qualitatively different matter. >> maybe this is the same question justice alito asked earlier what people have different senses of smell. so what if there is a person that has the best sense of smell in the department and they say let's use him to go to them dhaka and talk...
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>> florida. but it was so tight and obama was a little bit ahead and he continued to be ahead and when you look at the counties -- >> will the route to 70 without florida? >> florida was not a good sign. so you no end in terms of again, when we look at the swing voters as well as terms of how did they do, when you look at the exit poll data, and dependence max were from it running usually when we are having these discussions independents help determine the election but that didn't happen this time, again because of all these other margins that were going on in the other subgroups. >> one of the things that was going on among the many things in the blogosphere leading up to the election was the role of independents and can either onee of you address, for people that were seeing such wildly different numbers against independents what may explain one poll differently from another in terms of how they asked the questions and that sort of thing? >> sure. i will take it and margie of course can jump in
>> florida. but it was so tight and obama was a little bit ahead and he continued to be ahead and when you look at the counties -- >> will the route to 70 without florida? >> florida was not a good sign. so you no end in terms of again, when we look at the swing voters as well as terms of how did they do, when you look at the exit poll data, and dependence max were from it running usually when we are having these discussions independents help determine the election but that...
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we call it the florida hurricane catastrophe fund. this was done when i was the elected insurance commissioner prior to me, and then i had to implement it in the aftermath of the monster hurricane in the early 1990's, hurricane andrew. as i have talked to our colleagues in the senate about a national catastrophic fund, people in other parts of the country don't think hurricanes are their problem. but what they don't realize is that their taxpayers are picking up the load, whereas if we reinsured against this kind of tragedy in a catastrophic fund that would be paid in over time a little bit from each of the policyholders, then there would not be -- there would be this fund that would become a cushion for such a disaster that the northeastern united states is experiencing at this time and of which we have so often on the gulf coast and the atlantic coast in the southeastern united states experienced. so i just want to throw that idea out there for the senator as he speaks so movingly and so eloquently about the suffering of his peopl
we call it the florida hurricane catastrophe fund. this was done when i was the elected insurance commissioner prior to me, and then i had to implement it in the aftermath of the monster hurricane in the early 1990's, hurricane andrew. as i have talked to our colleagues in the senate about a national catastrophic fund, people in other parts of the country don't think hurricanes are their problem. but what they don't realize is that their taxpayers are picking up the load, whereas if we...
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the initial reaction will be, and it's already started, in florida is begun in other places as well, kill the messenger. blame it on the tests. blame it on somebody. blame it on the former governor. there's all sorts of people that you can blame this stuff on, but the simple fact is if we are going to restore american greatness, which we all want, whether we are liberals or conservatives, we have to start with higher expectations for the next generation. the states that retreat on record will be shortchanging their children, and putting them at a competitive disadvantage. not only with kids from other states, but also with kids from other nations. if we've learned one lesson from reform, it is this. we continually underestimate children. setting high standards and demanding results drive student academic angst. far from getting dumber, the students in kentucky are on their way to getting smarter. it will take them adjustment, but our kids will rise to the challenge of these new standards if we give them the opportunity and tools to do. corporations that depend on students being in co
the initial reaction will be, and it's already started, in florida is begun in other places as well, kill the messenger. blame it on the tests. blame it on somebody. blame it on the former governor. there's all sorts of people that you can blame this stuff on, but the simple fact is if we are going to restore american greatness, which we all want, whether we are liberals or conservatives, we have to start with higher expectations for the next generation. the states that retreat on record will...
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south carolina or florida will get the f-32. third point, noise is a very, very legitimate issue, and what i pledge along with the rest of the delegation is to work as closely as we can with the vermont national guard who are good neighbors and with the communities involved to make sure that we do everything that we can to mitigate noise and other environmental concerns. >> moderator: mr. diamondstone, the f-35. diamondstone: that brings me back to question number one. i wanted to tell you about the shirt that i'm wearing that was designed by my granddaughter, emily, in remembrance of a young man named sean who was a very close friend of our family and committed suicide. and why that comes to mind now is it seems to me that basing the f-35s in burlington is a form of suicide. turning vermont into bagram ii. um, and it is the straw that broke my back in terms of secession. we have to leave the union and join with other states in a union that's different, perhaps the three northern states of new england. i don't know. but we canno
south carolina or florida will get the f-32. third point, noise is a very, very legitimate issue, and what i pledge along with the rest of the delegation is to work as closely as we can with the vermont national guard who are good neighbors and with the communities involved to make sure that we do everything that we can to mitigate noise and other environmental concerns. >> moderator: mr. diamondstone, the f-35. diamondstone: that brings me back to question number one. i wanted to tell...
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the same is true in florida. privately republicans don't think that he has been running the campaign and he struggled with money early on. he was sort of the last man left standing after everyone else pulled out. he has a very well known name their end hoping to get some of the good will of his father. so they hope that he can make up and he is running a very expensive media market and we have not really seen that happen. knows and has a moderate image that he has been able to hold and he has also gone pretty lucky with some opponents in the past. 2006 was supposed to be another year that they targeted. so i think he got pretty lucky against the opponents. it will show the democratic ratings as we. >> money has not been a problem in connecticut. what is the latest in that senate race? >> early on i think republicans were very much confused. the female candidates spent $60,000 of her own money. and i think republicans do not write her off in a presidential year, especially. and i think that chris murphy has strugg
the same is true in florida. privately republicans don't think that he has been running the campaign and he struggled with money early on. he was sort of the last man left standing after everyone else pulled out. he has a very well known name their end hoping to get some of the good will of his father. so they hope that he can make up and he is running a very expensive media market and we have not really seen that happen. knows and has a moderate image that he has been able to hold and he has...
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we move to nate who is a republican in saint peter berg's florida. what's your message. >> caller: my name is gnat. i'm a republican. the democratic side and [inaudible] and the reason for it is because i believe the president's agenda right now is a positive role it takes time correct the course of this country, and by the time his action of three years ago catches up, it will probably be the sixth year in office, and then you're going start seeing the -- [inaudible] of all of that effort that he put in some two or three years ago. so of us want to be able to beat that big bird that was going to be on our table after the election. we have big birds that night. i think we woke up in the morning and realized that some people are going to have to learn how to season the ceo. and enjoy eating that. if we don't continue to try on the president's course we find that our difficulties are not going to end so quickly. >> u.s.a. today says this, president obama at the victory wednesday in chicago the re-elected president call fire department bipartisan and ad
we move to nate who is a republican in saint peter berg's florida. what's your message. >> caller: my name is gnat. i'm a republican. the democratic side and [inaudible] and the reason for it is because i believe the president's agenda right now is a positive role it takes time correct the course of this country, and by the time his action of three years ago catches up, it will probably be the sixth year in office, and then you're going start seeing the -- [inaudible] of all of that...
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if we don't get it, folks in florida are delighted to get it. folks in south carolina want. i would rather have the jobs here in the state of the vermont. >> moderator: i want to stick on a foreign policy issue and start with mr. moss. there's a civil war in syria should the united states be doing more to help the opposition to the syrian government. moss: no. the peace and prosperity candidate. and peace is peace on earth not just in the lower fifty or 48. and i am opposed to war because it creates more problems than it solves. and thin things can be said more peacefully as one example going back to the nuclear menace that the f-35 represents. if i am elected, i will create a new federal department by merging two existing ones namely it would be called the department of social and national security. the social being the [inaudible] and then that's fully funded. the rest goes to the national security. i'm not afraid of them attacking ugh us. [laughter] >> moderator: mr. sanders. syria. sanders: i think most vice president people know despite what you may have heard. i only n
if we don't get it, folks in florida are delighted to get it. folks in south carolina want. i would rather have the jobs here in the state of the vermont. >> moderator: i want to stick on a foreign policy issue and start with mr. moss. there's a civil war in syria should the united states be doing more to help the opposition to the syrian government. moss: no. the peace and prosperity candidate. and peace is peace on earth not just in the lower fifty or 48. and i am opposed to war because...
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i said i'm going to bring an amendment to the florida house of representatives were going to overturn this. they laughed and said you're new around here, aren't you? were going to send to the party and tell them you can try, but she'll fail. i would not have worked with souls on both sides of the aisle. anyone who is support broadband the past, astrologer and the north country halted when it came time for the vote we again the republicans and 131 democrats and we overturn the leadership by working together, a bipartisan affair. i've also worked with senator gillibrand. that was authorization and appropriation to compete for it. it's good for our country from a distance, area. work with peter watched to ensure we had funding for the storm relief. that was a bipartisan effort with peter welch. so i can tell you i absolutely believe even though you hear negative news, folks can come together, we've come together and we did and transportation of free-trade agreements and for advanced training lot and i will continue to will continue to do that when you send it back because that's my respo
i said i'm going to bring an amendment to the florida house of representatives were going to overturn this. they laughed and said you're new around here, aren't you? were going to send to the party and tell them you can try, but she'll fail. i would not have worked with souls on both sides of the aisle. anyone who is support broadband the past, astrologer and the north country halted when it came time for the vote we again the republicans and 131 democrats and we overturn the leadership by...
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the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, the chairman has asked me to manage the bill in the meantime while he is working out with the leadership a list of amendments, so seeing no other senator that wants to speak at this point, if i may then, i will talk about an amendment that would be offered in the future. mr. president, i'm going to offer an amendment to repeal the offset in the department of defense and the v.a. benefits for military widows and widowers the stand-alone bill, s. 260, has wide support from military organizations and has 51 cosponsors in the senate. this is the ninth time that i have and will bring this amendment to the defense authorization act, and it's passed the senate six times over the past decade, including last year by voice vote. the senate has supported eliminating this offset for years, and i hope that this body will remain steadfast in its support for military widows and the survivors. mr. president, you will recall in a number of addresses that president lincoln gave that he spoke
the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, the chairman has asked me to manage the bill in the meantime while he is working out with the leadership a list of amendments, so seeing no other senator that wants to speak at this point, if i may then, i will talk about an amendment that would be offered in the future. mr. president, i'm going to offer an amendment to repeal the offset in the department of defense and the v.a. benefits for military widows and widowers...